Christie seemed unaware he signed Camden eminent domain bill
“Asked Monday about a measure giving eminent domain powers to a new Rutgers-Camden and Rowan University joint board of governors, Gov. Christie said he was unaware of such a proposal.
“If a bill like that comes to my desk, I’ll have to take a close look at it,” Christie said, fielding a call from a listener on NJ 101.5’s Ask the Governor radio program. “I haven’t heard anything at this point about eminent domain being given to a university – I don’t think that’s the way it works.”
However, Christie signed the bill into law last month. The measure, sponsored by Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D., Gloucester) and swiftly approved by the Legislature, confers eminent domain powers on the joint board, created last year to oversee a new health-sciences partnership between Rowan and Rutgers-Camden.”
Hanna, Maddle. Philly.com 6 February 2014.